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I didn’t know until recently that Smedley Butler had ever been to my town. Then I heard that he’d spoken at the University of Virginia here in Charlottesville in 1937. The University...

Eric Zuesse Now Twitter is just as corrupt (propaganda-organizations) as Google and Facebook and MSNBC and CNN and Fox and the Washington Post and The Atlantic and all the rest. Caitlin...

The image of the Statue of Liberty is famous across the world. However the inscription that accompanies her is less well-known. A sonnet titled ‘The New Colossus’ can be seen on...

A new spacesuit design may put an end to a longstanding and bizarre Russian cosmonaut ritual. In fact it is perhaps the most bizarre tradition in the history of space travel. They have...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, September 12, 2019 Nadler Committee Votes to Press Forward with Urgent Impeachment Probe...

United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Scottish Court Finds That BoJo’s Advice to Queen on Suspending Parliament...

When you think of the alarming public health scandals the world has endured, the curse of tobacco and asbestos quickly comes to mind. But now there seems to be another toxic villain...

According to a new scientific publication, genetically engineered mosquitoes produced by the biotech company Oxitec (Intrexon) have escaped human control after trials in Brazil...

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Brahma Chellaney, China-US Focus Japan has been shaken out of its complacency by the rise of an increasingly muscular and revisionist China vying for regional hegemony. But America’s...

India is wedged between two nuclear-armed allies that routinely defy fundamental international rules and norms. Until China and Pakistan stop trying to undermine its territorial...

It is interesting to note that Lord Ranganatha,The presiding deity at Sri Rangam,is attired in Muslim tradition with Lungi,and the offering to Him are Roti and Butter. And there is...

Sandalwood paste and saffron are used to maintain the body and no other chemicals are added. Twice a year, a coat of camphor mixed with saffron, which produces ochre/orange tint on...

  New York State Attorney General Leticia James stated that the Sackler Family was wiring money out of the country to protect their assets from litigation related to the opioid crisis...

Laura Chapman, our loyal reader and diligent researcher, writes:   If you want to get past the Dintersmith rhetoric, carefully contrived to make an appealing plausible story (with...

Summer ended with a thud where late night science and technology content is concerned.  Last week there were a few reruns of note.  The September 2nd edition of The Talk was a rebroadcast...

For most shows, last week was the last hurrahs of summer vacation.  Nearly all will be back this Tuesday.  The repeat of note is a program I missed when it originally aired this past...

By Paul Homewood   h/t Joe Public   Sometimes I think I have been transported to a parallel universe. Now I know I have!   The Army could phase out petrol and diesel vehicles in a bid...

By Paul Homewood   http://fes.nationalgrid.com/   I have sat on it for a while, but still want to focus on the National Grid’s latest Future Energy Scenarios. As always, there...

By Kirye NASA GISS likes to go back in history and alter the temperature figures from recorded datasets from all around the world, and then declare global warming. Yet when we examine...

Since the 1980s, deaths attributable to excessive heat have declined, whereas deaths attributable to cold weather have not. Image Source: The Guardian Rising energy poverty with...

Shanker Blog: The Progressive School Funding Option One of the more striking findings in our recent report presenting data from the School Finance Indicators Database concerns...

Curmudgucation: Online Pre-K Continues To Spread Like A Big Stupid Plague So this article pops up on my screen-- the Hechinger Report's Bracey Harris asking "Can 15 minutes a day of...

Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Pundits and politicos play the current parlor game of counting Joe Biden’s daily bloopers, signs of debility, or embarrassments. Unlike...

Victor Davis Hanson // Fox News World War II ended 74 years ago. But even in the 21st century, the lasting effects endure, both psychological and material. After all, the war took...

TRIGGER WARNING: This essay is about feminism. Any reader feeling under attack should seek shelter in the 1950s. The post THE STUPIDEST TEA PARTY appeared first on The Moderate Voice...

"I wiped the coating with my hand, presented it to her and said, 'this is the World Trade Center,' assuming she might want to make contact with this landmark historical event." - Stephen...

Boris Johnson is planning to force a new Brexit deal through parliament in just 10 days — including holding late-night and weekend sittings — in a further sign of Downing Street’s...

1. The signature films of many cities, a pretty accurate list. 2. Who in India actually goes to watch movies? 3. The so-called “Third World” now produces more gdp than does the “First...

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Jack Hassard Taught science education for many years. He used to write a blog called “The Art of Teaching Science,” but became so upset...

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:   My friend Bernadette Hoban was attending a business meeting at 120  Broadway, near the World Trade Center, when the first plane hit...

The mask is coming off. They want to take guns away from law-abiding U.S. citizens.

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe died at age 95 in Singapore on September 6. His blood-drenched grasping for ultimate power in the prosperous former British colony of Rhodesia saw him...

A complete absence of law and order in Yemen has given rise to a black Suq (market) of human trafficking on a scale never before seen in the war-torn and war-weary nation. The post Human...

Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova weighs in on Syria, Crimea, the Moscow protests and more. The post MintPress Sits Down with Russia’s Foreign Ministry...

How Britain Plunged Into Its Worst Constitutional Crisis in 400 Years(tags:uk constitution law politics power history )U.S. to leave global postal union next month(tags:postage...

If Computers Are So Smart, How Come They Can't Read?(tags:knowledge ai Technology reading )The Iconic Electric Eel Is Actually Three Species (None of which are eels)(tags:electricity...

People can eat 1,200 calories a day to lose weight safely by adding more filling foods, such as protein rich foods, to their diet. Learn more about how to eat 1,200 calories a day and stay...

Some people are allergic to latex or other elements of condoms. Learn more about the allergy symptoms that a person may experience after using condoms or similar products during sex...

Is the European Union good for Britain? Or would the British be better off without it? “I think it’s a great move…to be in control of your own country is ... Read more...

It’s second hand because I didn’t actually watch the debate.. Live was not going to happen. I suppose I could have found it streaming on the internet if I’d wanted to stay up until...

I must admit, I have underestimated the amount of resistance there is to Bernie among the DNC and the media. When Bernie has a huge crowd, you hear about it on social media, especially...

Yes, it does sound like a medieval incantation of doom. This is one for you from Nature’s Book of Bad Dreams. Seems we have among us a fungus that infects periodic cicadas in a most bizarre...

So even with my good intentions to breathe life back into the blog, it’s been on life support in ICU for another week, hanging on by a thread (though not of active conversation) and...